How often to feed corals

[ReefJCB]

How often to you normally feed your corals with reef chili, coral max, reef roids etc. And do most people broadcast or spot feed? Both?

I’ve started spot feeding once a week and then broadcasting 2 times a week. Just wanted to see what others are doing.

 

[BestMomEver]

I do it once every six months.... if I can remember. I think that they get nutrients from fish poop and excess food I feed the fish!

 

[Patrick Fox]

in my 5 gallon reef tank (no fish) ive been spot-feeding the corals roughly 2 times a week with mysis soaked in reef-roids. just a mouthful per polyp. (i really love watching the Acans eat, and a lot of my zoas/palys and the frogspawn i have all eat like pigs as well. ) so far this has been working just fine for me. I only feed as much as they will consume, so there isnt much excess - and i do weekly water changes of about 20-25%. the corals seem happy/meaty/colorful.

 

[VSVP bet]

What type of corals and what size tank? How dense is your coral population? In my 125, i have a lot of sps, and some lps (euphyllias, lobos, favias, blastos). I never feed reef roids or anything, but I feed mysis every other day (flakes every day) and when I feed mysis, I feed the chunks to the fish, and save the liquid in a dish, and pour it into the tank just before my lights go off. I also stir detritus up in my sump twice a week, this always gives me crazy PE.

 

[Jinko]

I feed my fish quite heavily, but feed EasySPS food 3 times a week 2 hours afters lights out.
Only things I target feed is the sun coral.

 

[revhtree]

I do not target feed corals.

 

[Cassian]

I target and broadcast 1-2 times per week